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The poorest households have experienced higher inflation than the richest households since the start of the year, the Resolution Foundation says, in response to the latest inflation figures, which saw CPIH fall to 2.6 per cent in June.

Rich countries like the UK have to redouble their efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions and must aim to make cuts of at least 80 per cent by 2050, says Christian Aid, responding to the latest UN global warming report.

Poor people in mineral-rich developing countries are missing out on the benefits of higher commodity prices while large transnational oil and mining corporations make record profits, a new report says.